Music, sales and Clydesdales

Thursday

Jul 25, 2013 at 12:01 AM

The activity in Downtown Cheboygan is aflutter! This weekend is the Downtown Cheboygan Music Festival on Friday and Saturday. City crews are hard at work prepping Festival Square for the upcoming event. Make plans to come down and check out the music, food, and vendors. It’s guaranteed to be a fun time and you will hear some fabulous music!

The activity in Downtown Cheboygan is aflutter! This weekend is the Downtown Cheboygan Music Festival on Friday and Saturday. City crews are hard at work prepping Festival Square for the upcoming event. Make plans to come down and check out the music, food, and vendors. It’s guaranteed to be a fun time and you will hear some fabulous music!Another event shaping up is the Downtown Cheboygan Sidewalk Sales. It’s that time of year when Downtown retailers slash prices in preparation of the annual Downtown Sidewalk Sales! This year’s event takes place August 1-3.Sidewalk Sales are a good time for retailers to assess their summer merchandise and offer fantastic savings to customers. Stores open at 10 a.m. and will have displays on the sidewalks in front of their businesses. In some places you will find special deals inside the stores as well. Remember to take a break from your shopping and enjoy a nice lunch downtown. I love the Downtown Sidewalk Sales. This is a great time to meet up with friends and scour the racks, looking for the best buys on some fantastic merchandise. It’s so much fun to shop on the street and run into friends doing the same thing. Sidewalk Sales are not limited to only clothing stores. You will see all sorts of merchandise during the sales. All of the Downtown retail stores get in on the fun of the sales. Other activities are happening during the sales as well. VitalCare’s Hospice of the Straits is offering a Walking Taco Bar in Festival Square on Thursday, Aug. 1 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. This activity is by donation only and you can take a break from the sidewalk sale action, re-fuel your body with a walking taco prepared by the Hospice volunteers.Later that day, the Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with Huron Distributors to bring the Budweiser Clydesdale horses to Downtown. The eight-horse hitch will be harnessed and hitched to the famous red beer wagon at the city parking lot at Huron and Division Streets on Aug. 1. Then, the “Gentle Giants,” as they are often referred to, will participate in the parade which begins at 5 p.m. The Budweiser Clydesdale team came to Cheboygan five years ago and brought more than 3,000 people to the event. Special glasses to commemorate the event will be available at the Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce. A pint glass is available for $10, and a Clydesdales Tervis tumbler is available for $15. A free Budweiser t-shirt will be included with the first 100 sold. Taking these glasses to restaurants and bars on Aug. 1 where the Clydesdales stop will entitle the owner to a special deal on Budweiser beer. A souvenir t-shirt will be available listing all the stops the team will make while in Cheboygan. This t-shirt can be purchased at the Chamber next week for $15.If you are planning on attending the Budweiser Clydesdales parade, come to town early. You can hit the Sidewalk Sales and the Clydesdale event within the same timeframe. There is something for everyone at the Sidewalk Sales! On Friday plan on having lunch in the Citizens National Bank parking lot. Employees from CNB will have a hot dog and polish dog sale from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. All proceeds from the sale will be directed to the Northern Care Center. Sorry no deliveries, but please call ahead for carryout orders – (231) 627-7111. This is another great fundraiser that will offer you a break in the Sidewalk Sales action, giving you a chance to nourish your body and then hit the bricks to tackle those sales!There will definitely be a festive flavor in the air this weekend. Downtown Cheboygan is the place to shop, dine & unwind!